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“I began keeping a diary about my sex life as soon as I had more than three sexual partners. It started out as an innocent list with their name, age and the date of our encounter, but soon enough, I had fallen down the rabbit hole. Before I knew it, I was dealing with an Excel spreadsheet crammed with trivia about all my old flames, such as what subject they studied at university, their political orientation and their zodiac sign. Evidently, tracking our sex lives isn’t uncommon. But why do we do it? “The reasons why people choose to keep these lists will be “manifold, complex and multi-causal,” explains Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent at The Independent and author of The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy.”
- The strange appeal of tracking your sex life, in Dazed
Dazed
Bandcamp Daily
Vogue Portugal
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Les Hommes Publics
“In a country where most people don’t listen to songs in their native tongue—as of April 30th, only 15 out of Spotify’s top 50 tracks in Portugal were sung in Portuguese by national artists—many indie songwriters consider it a personal responsibility to remind listeners that the language is worth preserving and caring for. Artists like Glockenwise, B Fachada, and Cassete Pirata are creating modern, experimental sounds, with contemporary lyrics and an eye to the past. “We have a heritage of Portuguese musical culture, mainly from the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, which shapes the music we make,” Quadros explains. “And these were generations with a lot of music sung in Portuguese, so we have a shared past that makes us hold on to very specific references of our own.” So, despite a general lack of interest from national audiences and the struggles that come with this underdeveloped market, artists don’t quit. Thanks to these musicians—and many others—Portuguese indie keeps growing.”
- Checking in With the Indie Scene in Portugal, in Bandcamp Daily
art
“As soon as the sun sets and darkness falls upon the city, windows light up. They are thousands and thousands of little dots of light spread throughout city buildings. From top to bottom, these small signs of a presence multiply. These are bedrooms, living rooms and kitchens where life goes on beyond the streets. And, inside each of them, there is a world. In the city loneliness, Gail Albert Halaban found other lives not so different from her own and, thanks to all the windows, she shortened the distance to the other side. It all started around 16 years ago, “when my daughter had her first birthday”, the photographer tells Vogue.”
- (Very) Rear Window, in Vogue Portugal
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It’s A Passion Thing
“Bad Fruit”, by Kathleen Ryan, featured in Kuriositäten in September 2022, for It’s A Passion Thing.